on trust..

trust comes so easily to some while it seems next to impossible for others. what is it that makes that happen? is it a difference in personality alone that makes some people trust and others not trust? is it experience or exposure? or maybe its choice. how are we able to trust a complete stranger and sometimes not able to trust a close friend?
i tend to trust people easily, probably too easily. its like i start out trusting and only when someone breaks the trust do i not trust them any longer - once this happens it is hard to get back. i guess its positive way of looking at people, trust and relationships but this way of thinking does have a strong potential of getting me hurt. i mean, as of yet i haven't been overly traumatized by trusting easily. people in my life, people i have been exposed to in these 24.5 years on earth are mostly amazing.. sure there are a few sketchy ones that i probably shouldn't have trusted but they probably didn't matter enough to hurt me anyways. i can't imagine being skeptical of everyone i meet.. wondering why they want to know what they inquiry about me and whether the information, if told to them, will come back and bite me in the butt. i think that would stress out even more then my crazy brain already stresses if i was skeptical of trusting people in my life. although i am was over analytical, breaking everything people say and do into a zillion pieces to figure out what they are actually trying to convey, i do trust easily. maybe trusting easily is like a form of self destruction, a potential disappointment in society or a naivety of life - but it is what i do and its worked out for me so far.